SNOCROSS RACING

The beginning of Snocross racing

Larry Colton leads a string of competitors on his way to victory in the first big U.S. Snocross event at Alexandria, Minnesota in December of 1980

SNOW CONDITIONS IN THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

December 11, 2014 - SNOWMOBILE SEASON STILL AWAITING SNOW - Snowmobile enthusiasts will need to have a little patience this year.  Snowmobile trails in South Dakota are scheduled to open Monday, but trail officials are still waiting for snow.
"The Black Hills has seen minimal snowfall so far this season," Black Hills Trails district supervisor said, "Groomimg operations will be limited until we see additional accumulations."
While trails in eastern South Dakota saw significant snow accumulations in November, conditions have since deteriorated.
Current trails conditions are also available online at gfp.sd.gov/snowmobiling as well as on the SDGFP Outdoors mobile app. Trail condition updates are also posted to Twitter accounts dedicated to both The Black Hills and the East river trails: (www.twitter.com/SDsnowBHills and www.twitter.com/SDsnoweast)

1974 AUTO SKI RACER

The 1974 Auto-Ski Mach racing sled.
Features a 440 three cylinder free air motor, hydraulic disc brakes, a cleated track and a nose job.

1969 RUPP SNOWMOBILES

Here you will find the models and specifications of the 1969 Rupp SnoSport snowmobile lineup.
1969 was the true start of Rupp Industries snowmobile volume as they manufactured and sold over 20,000 sleds compared to 12,000 in 1968 and 3,500 in 1967.

POLARIS COMET

Polaris had been in the sled making business for a number of years, building the big, articulate-chassis "Iron Dogs" for the industrial and northwoods markets, when the industry began its first moves toward snowmobiling as a sport.  Polaris then moved toward smaller machines.  Then in 1964, Polaris made a front-engine sled. A cute little number, powered by an 8 horsepower Kohler 4-stroke called the Comet. The Comet was built in relative small quantities and had all but disappeared after 20 years, except for a handful in antique clubs.

1975 ARCTIC CAT PANTERA

In 1975, like other years, there was something new in the Cat lineup - A brand new model,and a completely redesigned familiar one, with several engineering refinements.  The new model was The Pantera, with its brand new orange accent color on the familiar Arctic Cat Black.

1975 SKI-DOO 245 RV

ITASKA DRIFTSKIPPERS TRAILS

1974 - Grand Rapids, Minnesota -
When the Itaska Driftskippers wanted better trails, they added their labor to some state money and built them.
A mile per member.  That's just about it worked out when the 30 people in the Itaska Driftskippers snowmobile club constructed a 35-mile trail system near Grand Rapids, Minnesota

1982 JOHN DEERE SNOWFIRE

The introduction of the 1983 Snowfire and Sprintfire, a small pilot built of machines went into full production in mid-1982.
John Deere made a sworn goal to build the lightest lines of snowmobiles in the industry.
The snowfire weighs just 312 pounds, "dry".

RUPP NITRO'S WIN RACE

The 1972 Rupp Nitro snowmobiles - were a winner on the track as well on the trail.
The 440 Rupp Nitro snowmobiles won the 440cc modified class at the"World Series of Snowmobiling" at Ironwood, Michigan, in March, 1972